If I sell on Amazon or Noon, am I subject to corporate tax like any other trader?

Yes. Corporate tax law applies to anyone conducting business in the UAE regardless of channel — whether you have a physical shop or sell purely through a platform like Amazon or Noon. If you're operating under a trade license (company or sole establishment), you're in scope like any other trader, with the first AED 375,000 of net profit exempt and 9% on the rest.

The bigger challenge for marketplace sellers is that they receive sales and payout reports from the platform itself (net of its commission and fees), which requires careful reconciliation between actual gross sales and the net payouts landing in the bank account — relying on the payout figure alone understates your reported revenue. At RASEEKH, we help Amazon and Noon sellers build a correct monthly reconciliation between platform reports and their books, so the tax return is built on the right number.